"I've had players in the beginning of games tell me, 'Hey RC, listen -- if you got a shot, hit me up high. If you get fined, I'll pay it,'" Clark said Tuesday on ESPN's "First Take."

"I had a player tell me [that] this season. I said, 'You're good. I don't want to go low anyway. I'll make the tackle.' Players are thinking to themselves, offensive players, 'Hey, I'd rather be hit in the head and be out one game, maybe not be out at all, than be hit in the knees and it be a season or career injury.'"